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<p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Saturday marks the one-year anniversary of private retail liquor sales in Washington. According to the Liquor Control Board, 1,680 retailers now stock vodka, whiskey, and other spirits.</span></p><p>Dean Hasegawa, manager of the Red Apple supermarkets on Seattle’s Beacon Hill and in the Central Area, says the biggest problem for him and other retailers has been theft.&nbsp;</p><p>"That was an expensive learning curve, I’m going to tell you," said Hasegawa, r<span style="line-height: 1.5;">eflecting on the past year.</span></p><p>Fri, 31 May 2013 12:02:00 +0000Paula Wissel8944 at http://kplu.orgFor one liquor retailer, 'an expensive learning curve'